Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Nov 1946 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LAND ADJOINING EASTAM GAS WORKS, LYTHAM SAINT ANNES
Received 16 Jan 1961PENDLE TRANSFER STATION CORPORATION STREET COLNE
Received 14 Jan 2010LAND ADJACENT TO SQUIRES GATE LANE, BLACKPOOL
Received 22 May 2015CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 9 Aug 2012A582 SOUTH RIBBLE WESTERN DISTRIBUTOR
Received 27 Nov 2013COCKERHAM SAND AND GRAVEL QUARRY COCKERHAM NEAR LANCASTER
Received 1 Jan 1997SANDONS FARM ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 28 Apr 2008UNIT 4 HUDHEY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HUDHEY ROAD, HASLINGDEN.
Received 28 May 2014PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON
Received 11 Jan 2019BRADLEYS SAND PIT, LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE, FULWOOD
Received 25 Oct 2021ST WULSTAN'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL POULTON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 21 May 2003ST CUTHBERTS C OF E PRIMARY NEW STREET HALSALL
Received 16 Mar 2010LAND AT RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Received 5 Jun 2019WOODLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL HEATHGATE SKELMERSDALE
Received 2 Mar 2011JUNCTION OF CABLE STREET, BRIDGE LANE AND ST GEORGES QUAY, LANCASTER
Received 30 Jul 2012LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BEACON ROAD POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 12 Sept 2003OUTSIDE NO 54 ORCHARD ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 17 Mar 2003Colne Primet High School, Dent Street, Colne
Received 7 Nov 2023WENNINGTON HALL SCHOOL WENNINGTON LANCASTER
Received 7 Sept 2004LAND ADJACENT TO 217 GARSTANG ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 12 May 2011HOTHERSALL LODGE HOTHERSALL LANE HOTHERSALL PRESTON
Received 20 Oct 2010ENFORCEMENT APPEAL - Moss Farm
Received 28 Feb 2025HEASANDFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL WILLIAMS ROAD BURNLEY
Received 29 Dec 2009BOWLAND HIGH SCHOOL RIVERSMEAD GRINDLETON CLITHEROE
Received 9 Jun 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lancashire County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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